CN104067457A - Lever type connector - Google Patents
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Abstract
A lever type connector preventing a lever from disengaging from a connector housing due to application of force and providing rigidity to withstand rotational operation of the lever without increasing size is provided. A lever type connector (1) includes a lever (3) having a pair of side plate portions (30) rotatably supported on walls on both sides (7) of a connector housing (2) and an operation portion (32) connecting the pair of side plate portions, a latch portion (38) arranged on the operation portion, an arm portion (13) extending from a rear end side (10) of an upper wall (8) of the connector housing and having a rearward-extending free end, and a latch receiving portion (18) provided on the free end to latch onto the latch portion. The operation portion includes an extended plate portion (33) opposed to the rear end side of the upper wall when the lever is rotated rearward from a standing state and the latch portion is latched onto the latch receiving portion, and the extended plate portion covers an upper surface of the arm portion.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of lever-type connector, wherein connector shell moves and coordinates with matching connector by the rotation operation of lever towards matching connector.
Background technology
Figure 21 is the decomposition diagram with the connector of traditional locks fixed structure.This connector comprises public connector 101 and is arranged to the female connectors 102 coordinating with public connector 101.The latch-up structure of this connector comprises: in conjunction with projection 107, it is arranged on the outer surface of the connector shell 103 of in public affairs and the female connectors 101 and 102 with multipolarization terminal 106; Lock arm 115, it has and is arranged to be latched on copulational protuberance 107 and the leg 117 of hinge shape by elastically deformable is arranged in the engaging claw 116 on the outer surface of another housing 104; And pressing operation bar 118, it is arranged in the rear end of lock arm 115 and exceedes hinge shape leg 117 and extends back.Pressing operation bar 118 comprises a pair of dististyle 119, and its both sides from pressing operation bar 118 stretch out and are bent downwardly to be extended to the outer surface of the upper wall of connector shell 104.By a pair of dististyle 119, the connector with latch-up structure can provide improved rigidity (referring to patent documentation 1) to pressing operation bar 118 in the situation that not increasing size.
But in the disclosed connector of patent documentation 1, the compounding practice power of connector is often along with the quantity increase of the multipolarization terminal 106 of public and female connectors 101 and 102 and increase.
Therefore, adopt a kind of lever-type connector (referring to patent documentation 2) that reduces compounding practice power with lever.Figure 22 A is the partial sectional view of traditional lever-type connector, and Figure 22 B is the amplification diagram of the part shown in Figure 22 A.As shown in Figure 22 A and 22B, lever-type connector 201 shown in patent documentation 2 comprises connector shell 202, be attached to connector shell 202 and be coated 240 with the line of deriving electric wire, be pivotally connected to connector shell 202 and be arranged to rotate the lever 230 to make matching connector move and coordinate with it towards connector shell 202.Line coated 240 comprises the sticking department 245 on the top that is formed on lock arm 242.Lever 230 comprises on the lever claw 236 that is arranged to be latched on sticking department 245 and the engage side that is formed on lever claw 236 to cover the locking protection portion 237 of sticking department 245.Cover sticking department 245 by the locking protection portion 237 with lever claw 236, lever-type connector 201 has prevented damage or the distortion of sticking department 245.
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Patent documentation
Patent documentation 1:JP-A-2001-257032
Patent documentation 2:JP-A-2011-146249
Summary of the invention
Technical problem
Above-mentioned traditional lever-type connector 201, due to the little space for installation lever-type connector 201 in short transverse, and needs to reduce height (namely minification).Like this, exist the thickness of the operating portion 234 that reduces lever 230 with the trial of the height of minimizing lever-type connector 201, but, if reduced the thickness of operating portion 234, be just difficult to guarantee that the enough rigidity of operating portion 234 operates with the rotation of opposing lever 230.
On the other hand, when the thickness that increases operating portion 234 is when guaranteeing its rigidity, increased the size of lever-type connector 201.Like this, in lever-type connector 201, be difficult to guarantee the rigidity of operating portion 234 in the height that reduces operating portion 234.In addition, the latch-up structure of the connector shown in patent documentation 1 can not be applied in this lever-type connector 201.
In addition,, in traditional lever-type connector 201, locking protection portion 237 is arranged to only cover the sticking department 245 on the top that is positioned at lock arm 242.Like this, for example, in the time being applied to the cardinal extremity of lock arm 242 from outside external force, lock arm 242 is out of shape downwards, may cause the disengaging of lever claw 236 from sticking department 245.
In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a kind of lever-type connector, it can prevent that lever from departing from and not increasing size, can guarantee to resist the rigidity of the rotation operation of lever from connector shell because external force is applied to connector shell.
The means of technical solution problem
First aspect, a first aspect of the present invention provides a kind of lever-type connector, comprising: connector shell, this connector shell is arranged to receive terminal and is arranged to and coordinates from the matching connector of front portion assembling; Lever, this lever has pair of side plates portion and is connected this operating portion to side plate, and this side plate is supported on the wall of both sides of connector shell rotationally; Latching portion, this latching portion is set on operating portion; Flexible arm portion, this flexible arm portion coordinates direction upwards to extend from rear end side along the connector of the upper wall of connector shell, and has the free end extending back; With lock bolt acceptance division, this lock bolt acceptance division is arranged on the free end of arm and is arranged to be latched in latching portion, wherein operating portion comprises extension board, when lever rotates backward from erectility and when latching portion is latched to lock bolt acceptance division, this extension board is arranged to towards the rear end side of upper wall, and wherein extends board and be arranged to cover the upper surface of arm.
According to said structure, lever is arranged on connector shell rotationally, by moving and by the lever that rotates backward towards connector shell from front side by counterpart terminal, two connectors are combined together completely, simultaneously by the rotation of lever, latching portion is latched on lock bolt acceptance division, thereby lever is fixed on connector shell.Like this, independent regulations and parameters rotating operation just can fully be fixed together two connectors and lever can be fixed to connector shell.
Second aspect, the invention provides the lever-type connector according to first aspect, and wherein arm arranges in couples so that paired arm is arranged in parallel at a distance of a compartment of terrain along left and right directions in the rear end side of upper wall.
According to said structure, due to a pair of arm being provided, can be dispersed and reduce so be applied to the power on arm.
The third aspect, the invention provides according to first or the lever-type connector of second aspect, wherein extends board and operating portion and is arranged to cover to lock bolt acceptance division from the base portion of arm.
According to said structure, because arm is extended board and operating portion covering completely, so arm can be protected to avoid external intervention.
The beneficial effect of the invention
According to a first aspect of the invention, provide a kind of lever-type connector, it comprises: connector shell, and this connector shell is arranged to receive terminal and is arranged to and coordinates from the matching connector of front portion assembling; Lever, this lever has pair of side plates portion and the operating portion that is connected pair of side plates portion, and side plate is supported on the wall of both sides of connector shell rotationally; Be set to the latching portion of operating portion; Flexible arm portion, this flexible arm portion coordinates in direction and upwards extends from rear end side at the connector of the upper wall of connector shell, and has the free end extending back; Lock bolt acceptance division, this lock bolt acceptance division is arranged on the free end of arm and is arranged to be latched in latching portion, wherein operating portion comprises and rotating backward from erectility and when latching portion is latched to lock bolt acceptance division when lever, be arranged to towards the extension board of the rear end side of upper wall, and wherein extend board and be arranged to cover the upper surface of arm.Like this, in the time that connector shell is fitted to matching connector, can prevent from, because external force is applied to the disengaging from connector shell of the lever that causes on connector shell, also protecting arm.In addition, owing to providing extension board, thereby in the time of operating lever rotatably for workman provides large region for promoting, thereby disperseed workman to be applied to the power on region.The lever-type connector of the rigidity with the rotating operation that can resist lever is provided like this, in the situation that not increasing size.
According to a second aspect of the invention, arm is arranged in pairs so that paired arm is arranged along left and right directions compartment of terrain abreast in the rear end side of upper wall.Like this, be applied to the power on arm and be dispersed, thereby allow in stable mode, breech lock pawl to be latched on lock bolt acceptance division.
According to a third aspect of the invention we, extending board and operating portion is arranged to cover to lock bolt acceptance division from the base portion of arm.Can prevent because external force is applied to the disengaging from connector shell of the lever that causes on connector shell in reliable mode like this, thereby protect whole arm.
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Fig. 1 is the perspective view that lever-type connector according to an embodiment of the invention is shown.
Fig. 2 is the front view of the lever-type connector shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the end view of the lever-type connector shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is the top view of the lever-type connector shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is the front view that is latched in the lever-type connector on connector sticking department in Fig. 1.
Fig. 6 is the cutaway view intercepting along Fig. 5 center line I-I.
Fig. 7 is the perspective view of the connector shell of the lever-type connector shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 8 is the amplification diagram of the connector sticking department of the connector shell shown in Fig. 7.
Fig. 9 is the perspective view of the lever of the lever-type connector shown in Fig. 1.
Figure 10 is the front view of the lever shown in Fig. 9.
Figure 11 is the perspective view that is arranged to the matching connector coordinating with the lever-type connector shown in Fig. 1.
Figure 12 is the perspective view that illustrates that the lever-type connector in Fig. 1 coordinates with matching connector.
Figure 13 is the perspective view of the state that illustrates that the lever-type connector in Fig. 1 coordinates with matching connector.
Figure 14 is the cutaway view intercepting along Figure 13 center line II-II.
Figure 15 is the amplification diagram that the part in Figure 14 is shown.
Figure 16 is the top view of the lever-type connector shown in Figure 13 and matching connector.
Figure 17 is the operation chart that the lever-type connector in Fig. 1 is shown.
Figure 18 is the operation chart that the lever-type connector in Fig. 1 is shown.
Figure 19 A is the end view that the revision for execution example of the lever in Fig. 9 is shown.
Figure 19 B is the end view that the revision for execution example of the lever in Fig. 9 is shown.
Figure 20 is the end view that another revision for execution example of the lever in Fig. 9 is shown.
Figure 21 is the decomposition diagram that the connector that comprises traditional latch-up structure is shown.
Figure 22 A is the phantom of traditional lever-type connector; Figure 22 B is the amplification diagram of the part shown in Figure 22 A.
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1 lever-type connector
2 connector shells
3,3A, 3B, 3C lever
5 counterpart terminal
7 pair of sidewalls portions (walls of both sides)
8 upper walls
10 walls that extend back
11 connector sticking departments
13 a pair of arms
16 arm main parts
17 projections
18 lock bolt acceptance divisions
19 big legs portions (base portion of arm)
20 thin shanks (base portion of arm)
30 pair of side plates portions
32 operating portions
33,33A, 33B, 33C extends board
Breech lock pawl (latching portion)
Embodiment
Next, with reference to accompanying drawing 1-16, lever-type connector according to an embodiment of the invention is described.
As shown in Figure 1, lever-type connector comprises terminal (not shown), is made and received the connector shell 2 of terminal by insulating resin, and is set to rotationally the lever 3 of connector shell 2.
As Figure 1-3, connector shell 2 comprises: housing body 4, and this housing body 4 has multiple terminal acceptance divisions 40 (shown in Fig. 2); Cover portion 6, this cover portion 6 is arranged on the outside of housing body 4 and is arranged to and engages with the counterpart terminal 5 of the past side engagement; And rear retainer 21, this rear retainer 21 is installed from the rear portion of cover portion 6.
As illustrated in fig. 1 and 2, housing body 4 comprises the inner housing 41 and the front retainer 42 (shown in Fig. 2) that are integrally formed with cover portion 6.In Fig. 1, omit front retainer 42.
As Fig. 2, shown in 5 and 6, front retainer 42 is installed to inner housing from front side, and multiple terminal acceptance divisions 40 form by front retainer 42 is installed to inner housing 41.Multiple terminal acceptance divisions 40 along the vertical direction Z are arranged to two rows, and are arranged in parallel at a distance of a compartment of terrain each other along left and right directions X.
Here, fore-and-aft direction Y represents the cooperation direction of connector, is also the longitudinal direction of each terminal acceptance division 40, as shown in Figure 6.Term " front " is peristome 6a mono-side that represents the cover portion 6 that will describe after fore-and-aft direction Y, and term " afterwards " is the opposite side representing with respect to the peristome 6a of " front ".
As shown in Figure 6, each above-mentioned terminal acceptance division 40 is formed as having the rectangular tubular shape that is arranged on the opening in the side of front and back.The opening of the terminal that is connected to electric wire (not shown) from rear side is inserted in each terminal acceptance division 40.In addition the inner side that, shaft (not shown) is arranged on each terminal acceptance division 40 is for stoping in the mode engaging the terminal that is connected to electric wire.
As shown in Figure 7, cover portion 6 comprise a pair of along the relative side wall portion 7 of left and right directions X, the upper wall 8 that connects this oppose side wall portion 7 and lower wall 9, extend to extend back wall 10 and the connector sticking department 11 of the rear side of upper wall 8.Cover portion 6 comprises the peristome 6a that coordinates matching connector 5, and this peristome 6a is formed on the front side of cover portion 6.In Fig. 7, omit front retainer 42.
Pair of sidewalls portion 7 comprises a pair of slit portion 71, strengthens the anti-stop 72 of this pair of openings to slit portion 71 and a pair of axial region 75 of being arranged to support lever.This oppose side wall portion 7 is corresponding to " walls of both sides " described in claim.
Above-mentioned a pair of slit 71 is set to the drive pin 55 for guiding the matching connector 5 of hereinafter describing.This is arranged to be communicated with and be arranged to allow the drive pin 55 of matching connector 5 to enter into this to slit 71 with the cam hole 34 of the lever 3 of hereinafter describing to slit 71.Each slit 71 forms by the edge that (namely on the sidepiece of adjacent openings portion) excises each side wall portion 7 in front side, and extends along fore-and-aft direction Y linearity.
This prevents each a pair of first flange part 73a comprising on the both sides that are arranged in corresponding slit 71 of portion 72 to opening, 73b, and keep away oral area 6a by a pair of the first flange part 73a, the bridge part 74 that the edge of 73b links together.This is to the first flange part 73a, and 73b stretches out from the edge of the 6a of adjacent openings portion of pair of sidewalls portion 7.
A pair of axial region 75 is formed as column and flatly outstanding from the outer surface of each side wall portion 7.Each axial region 75 is arranged in the rear end side of corresponding slit 71.
As shown in Figure 7, above-mentioned upper wall 8 comprises: cut portion 81, and this cut portion 81 is for being positioned the extension board 33 of the lever 3 of hereinafter describing the inside of this cut portion 81; A pair of the second flange part 83, this is arranged on the both sides of cut portion 81 the second flange part 83; With a pair of groove 82, this to groove 82 for guiding matching connector 5.
Cut portion 81 is arranged on the middle part of upper wall 8 and forms by the edge of the excision 6a of adjacent openings portion.Cut portion 81 is formed as and extension board 33 measure-alike of the lever 3 of hereinafter describing along the size of left and right directions X.
Described each being formed as to the second flange part 83 is connected with corresponding the first flange part 73a.This stretches out from the edge of the 6a of adjacent openings portion of upper wall 8 to the second flange part 83.
Described groove 82 is arranged to a pair of rib 58 of the matching connector 5 of describing is after a while inserted in a pair of groove 82.Each groove 82 is arranged on the lower surface of upper wall 8.Each groove 82 forms and extends through the whole length of upper wall 8 along fore-and-aft direction Y by excising the edge of the 6a of adjacent openings portion of the second flange part 83.The size of the above-below direction Z of each groove 82 is formed as being greater than the thickness of upper wall 8, is formed with so outstanding 84 on the upper surface of part with each groove 82.Outstanding 84 are connected with the second flange part 83.
The above-mentioned wall 10 that extends back has along left and right directions X than the little size of upper wall 8 and outstanding backward from upper wall 8.This wall 10 that extends back has and the flat outer surface of upper wall 8 on same level.Extend back wall 10 corresponding to " rear end side of upper wall " described in claim.
As shown in Figure 8, above-mentioned connector sticking department 11 comprises a pair of protective bulkhead 12, is arranged on a pair of arm 13 between a pair of protective bulkhead 12, connects this free-ended connecting portion 14 to arm 13 and is arranged on the portion that frees 15 of connecting portion 14 rear ends.The base portion of connecting portion 14 and contiguous free-ended a pair of arm 13 is arranged to apart from extending back wall 10 constant interval ground to the wall 10 that extends back.
Above-mentioned a pair of protective bulkhead 12 vertically extends along the two edges on the left and right directions X of the wall 10 that extends back.Each protective bulkhead 12 is from extending to the rear end of upper wall 8 to the rear end of rear wall 10.
Above-mentioned a pair of arm 13 is arranged on and extends back on wall 10.A pair of arm 13 is arranged in parallel at a distance of a compartment of terrain each other along left and right directions X.The base portion of each arm 13 comprises 3 legs, and these three legs comprise a pair of big legs portion 19 and are arranged in the thin shank 20 between a pair of big legs portion 19.This is arranged along left and right directions X big legs portion 19 and thin shank 20.Each arm 13 further comprises: arm main body 16, and this arm main body 16 is upwards extended and has to the free end of rear side extension from the wall 10 that extends back; Upwards extend projection 17, this upwards extends on the free end that projection 17 is arranged on arm main body 16; With lock bolt acceptance division 18, this lock bolt acceptance division 18 is arranged on the rear side of projection 17.
The size of each Z along the vertical direction of a pair of big legs portion 19 increases to rear side.Big legs portion 19 is greater than the size of thin shank 20 along fore-and-aft direction Y along the size of fore-and-aft direction Y.Equally, big legs portion 19 is less than the size of thin shank 20 along left and right directions X along the size of left and right directions X.
Above-mentioned projection 17 is arranged on the two ends of arm main body 16 in couples along left and right directions X.Each projection 17 comprises towards the acclivitous inclined plane 17b of rear side.
As shown in Figure 3, the upper surface 17a of each projection 17 is formed as smooth with the upper surface 18a of the lock bolt acceptance division 18 being connected with upper surface 17a.These upper surfaces 17a, 18a is arranged in the uppermost position of arm 13.Meanwhile, these upper surfaces 17a, 18a orientates as higher than each protective bulkhead 12.
As shown in Figure 8, lock bolt acceptance division 18 is formed as being connected with the rear end of a pair of projection 17.Lock bolt acceptance division 18 is formed as the whole length along left and right directions X through arm main body 16.As shown in figure 15, lock bolt acceptance division 18 comprises the vertical plane 18b and the inclined plane 18c that be formed as with vertical plane 18b be connected vertical with respect to upper surface 18a.Inclined plane 18c is inclined upwardly towards rear side.In the time that the breech lock pawl 38 of lever enters between inclined plane 18c and connecting portion 14, the breech lock pawl 38 of lever 3 is stuck on lock bolt acceptance division 18, thereby latch enable pawl 38 is latched on lock bolt acceptance division 18.
As shown in Figure 8, free portion 15 and be arranged on the rear end side of connecting portion 14 along the middle part of left and right directions X.Freeing portion 15 is inclined upwardly towards rear side.Free portion 15 and comprise the lip-deep anti-skidding portion that is formed on the portion of freeing 15.
As shown in Figures 9 and 10, lever 3 is formed as U-shaped, has to be arranged to each other at a distance of the pair of side plates portion 30 at an interval, to be formed as and a pair of pars intermedia 31 that this is connected to the inner side of side plate 30, to be connected to form the operating portion 32 between a pair of pars intermedia 31 and to be connected to form the extension board 33 below operating portion 32.In the erectility of lever, operating portion 32 is connected in the direction vertical with the upper surface of upper wall 8 with extension board 33.In other words, term used herein " lever erectility " mean along operating portion 32 with extend the direction that is connected to form of board 33 and be parallel to the direction Z vertical with the upper surface of upper wall 8.In addition, under lever erectility, groove 3a is arranged on operating portion 32 and extends on the rear side of board 33, and groove 3a is arranged so that connector sticking department 11 is received in the inside of groove 3a in the time that lever 3 rotates backward from erectility.Groove 3a extends along above-below direction Z.
Referring to Fig. 6, the size L of the direction that operating portion 32 and extension board 33 are connected to form along operating portion 32 and extension board 33 is identical to the length of the thin shank 20 of the base portion of arm 13 with the lock bolt acceptance division 18 from arm 13.That is to say, in the time that the breech lock pawl 38 of lever 3 is latched on the lock bolt acceptance division 18 of connector sticking department 11, extends board 33 and operating portion 32 and cover the base portion from arm 13 of arm 13 to the upper surface of lock bolt acceptance division 18.
Each side plate 30 comprises: cam hole 34, and the drive pin 55 of the matching connector 5 of hereinafter describing enters this cam hole 34; Tabular enhancing sheet 35, this tabular enhancing sheet 35 is connected to the two ends of the porch of cam hole 34; With circular hole 36, the axial region 75 of above-mentioned connector shell 2 is coupled to this circular hole 36.The rear side that cam hole 34 is lowered at lever 3 is bending.The entrance of cam hole 34 is arranged on the top of cam hole under the erectility of lever, and the drive pin 55 of matching connector 5 is inserted in entrance.Circular hole 36 is arranged near of the rear end of cam hole 34.Cam hole 34 can be formed in the cam path on the inner surface of side plate 30.
As shown in Figure 10 and 12, operating portion 32 is arranged on the pars intermedia between pair of side plates portion 30.Operating portion 32 be included under lever erectility, be formed on front surface and down the sweptback anti-skidding portion 37 of side, be formed on rear surface and be arranged to be latched in a pair of breech lock pawl 38 on a pair of lock bolt acceptance division 18 of arm 13, be formed on respectively a pair of recess 39 on the downside of a pair of breech lock pawl 38 and be arranged on the cut portion 3b forming between a pair of breech lock pawl 38 and by the top edge of excision operating portion 32.When allowing the portion that frees 15 of connector sticking department 11,3 times timing cut portion 3b of lever are exposed to outside.
As shown in figure 12, a pair of breech lock pawl 38 is arranged to along left and right directions X at a distance of an interval.Each breech lock pawl 38 is arranged in the upper end of operating portion 32 and outstanding from the rear surface of operating portion 32 under lever erectility.Equally, the top of each breech lock pawl 38 is to downward-extension.As shown in figure 15, breech lock pawl 38 comprises: the second vertical plane 38b, and when this second vertical plane of 3 times timings of lever, 38b is resisted against on the vertical plane 18b of lock bolt acceptance division 18; The second inclined plane 38c, this second inclined plane 38c is formed as being connected with the second vertical plane 38b and being arranged to be resisted against on the 18c of inclined plane; With horizontal plane 38d, this horizontal plane 38d is formed as being connected with the second inclined plane 38c and is arranged to be positioned at the upper surface of connecting portion 14.This to breech lock pawl 38 corresponding to " a pair of latching portion " described in claim.
Above-mentioned a pair of recess 39 extends to and extends board 33.
Referring to Figure 10, extension board 33 is arranged in the middle part of operating portion 32.The size of extending the left and right directions X of board 33 is shorter than the size of the left and right directions X of operating portion 32.Size on the above-below direction Z of lever erectility downward-extension board 33 and the second flange part 83 of upper wall 8 measure-alike.
When on the lock bolt acceptance division 18 that the breech lock pawl 38 of lever 3 is latched in to connector shell 2, as shown in figure 15, first lever 3 rotates backward the top of breech lock pawl 38 is resisted against the upper surface 18a of lock bolt acceptance division 18 from erectility, then pushing away projection 17 and lock bolt acceptance division 18 is downwards out of shape arm main body 16 downwards, subsequently, breech lock pawl 38 continues mobile and crosses lock bolt acceptance division 18, and the top of breech lock pawl 38 enters between lock bolt acceptance division 18 and connecting portion 14.Like this, the second vertical plane 38b of breech lock pawl 38 is resisted against on the vertical plane 18b of lock bolt acceptance division 18, and the second inclined plane 38c is resisted against on the 18c of inclined plane, simultaneously, arm main part 16 returns to the initial condition before distortion, thereby breech lock pawl 38 is latched on lock bolt acceptance division 18.
In addition, in the time that the breech lock pawl 38 of lever 3 is departed from from the lock bolt acceptance division 18 of connector shell 2, first, in the time that breech lock pawl 38 is latched on lock bolt acceptance division 18, free portion 15 and connecting portion 14 is pushed downwards, arm main part 16 distortion downwards and lock bolt acceptance division 18 are pushed downwards thus, breech lock pawl 38 is removed between lock bolt acceptance division 18 and connecting portion 14, thereby latch enable pawl 38 are freed from lock bolt acceptance division 18.
In the lever-type connector 1 with said structure, the pair of side plates portion 30 of lever 3 is along outside Direction distortion, the a pair of axial region 75 of connector shell 2 is coupled in the circular hole 36 of lever 3, thereby lever 3 is supported on connector shell 2 rotationally to assemble.Now, lever-type connector 1 is the erectility at lever.
Referring to Figure 11, above-mentioned matching connector 5 comprises a pair of along the relative side wall portion 51 of left and right directions X, connect upper wall portions 52 and the lower wall portion 53 of pair of sidewalls portion 51, there is the wall portion 51 that is positioned at upper and lower and left and right sides, 52, the connector shell 54 of the 53 connector mating cavities 50 that surround, the a pair of drive pin 55 of flatly giving prominence to from the outer surface of connector shell 54, be positioned at the vertical basal wall 56 of front side, through basal wall 56 and charge into the pin-shaped terminal 57 of public type (being referred to as below male terminal 57) of connector mating cavity 50, with be arranged to be inserted into a pair of rib 58 in above-mentioned a pair of groove 82.
Next, the process that the lever-type connector 1 with said structure is coupled to matching connector 5 below will be described.First, matching connector 5 moves by side near the lever-type connector 1 under lever erectility in the past, the slit portion 71 and the cam hole 34 that drive pin 55 are entered be interconnected.Then lever 3 rotates backward to move to the drive pin 55 in slit portion 71 and cam hole 34, so that the connector shell of matching connector 5 54 is drawn in connector shell 2.Then, breech lock pawl 39 is latched on lock bolt acceptance division 18, and the male terminal 57 of counterpart terminal 5 is fitted to the terminal being received in connector shell 2 (it is parent form), thereby counterpart terminal 5 is coupled to lever-type connector 1.
According to the above embodiments, in the time that lever 3 rotates backward from erectility and be latched in lock bolt acceptance division 18 corresponding to the breech lock pawl 38 of latching portion, be arranged in the extension board 33 at operating portion 32 places relative with the wall 10 that extends back of the rear end side corresponding to upper wall 8, make to extend board 33 and cover the upper surface of arm 13.Like this, the rotating operation of independent lever 3 can fully be combined together connector 1 and 5, and lever 3 can be fixed to connector shell 2.Equally, as shown in figure 17, in the time that connector shell 2 is fitted to counterpart terminal 5, can prevent because external force is applied to the disengaging from connector shell 2 of the lever 3 that causes on connector shell 2, thus protection arm 13.In addition, as shown in figure 18, extend board 33 by arranging, the large region that provides workman to promote, thereby the power applying on the region that has disperseed workman to promote in the time of rotation operating lever 3.A kind of lever-type connector of rigidity of the rotation operation with opposing lever is provided as a result, in the situation that not increasing size.
In addition the left and right sides in the paired rear end side that arranges and be arranged in abreast upper wall 8 of arm 13.As a result, the power being applied in arm 13 is dispersed, thereby latch enable pawl 17 is latched on lock bolt acceptance division in stable mode.
In addition; cover to lock bolt acceptance division 18 from the base portion of arm 13 owing to extending board 33 and operating portion 32; so can prevent because external force is applied to the disengaging from connector shell 2 of the lever 3 that causes on connector shell 2 in reliable mode, thereby protect whole arm 13..
In addition,, as shown in Figure 19 A and 19B, the size on size, left and right directions X on the above-below direction Z of the above-mentioned extension board 33 under lever erectility or the size on fore-and-aft direction Y can change according to the permission space providing.That is to say, as shown in Figure 19 A, under the erectility of lever, the size of the above-below direction Z of the extension board 33A of lever 3A can be formed as less than the size of the above-below direction Z of the extension board 33 in above-described embodiment, or selectively, as shown in Figure 19 B, under the erectility of lever, the size of the fore-and-aft direction Y of the extension board 33B of lever 3B can be formed as the extension board 33 than above-described embodiment, and the size of the fore-and-aft direction Y of 33A is large.In addition, little than the size on the left and right directions X of operating portion 32 according to the size on the left and right directions X of the extension board 33 of above-described embodiment; But the present invention is not restricted to this, as shown in figure 20, the size on the left and right directions X of the extension board 33C of lever 3C can be formed as larger than the size on the left and right directions X of operating portion 32.At Figure 19 A, in 19B and 20, represent that with similar reference marker parts similar to the aforementioned embodiment are so that description thereof is omitted.
Like this, extend board 33A, 33B, the size of the above-below direction Z of 33C by differently changing, the size of the size of left and right directions X or fore-and-aft direction Y can provide the lever-type connector of the rigidity of the rotation operation with opposing lever in the situation that not increasing size.
In addition, be provided with circular hole 36 according to the lever 3 of above-described embodiment, the axial region 75 of connector shell 2 is coupled in this circular hole 36; But the present invention is not restricted to this, lever 3 can be provided with axial region, and connector shell 2 can be provided with the circular hole of the axial region that is combined with lever 3.In addition, circular hole 36 can be the recess with respect to the inner surface of side plate 30.
The above embodiments are only exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and the present invention is not restricted to these embodiment.That is to say, without departing from the scope of the invention, embodiment can change in many ways and implement.
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1. a lever-type connector, comprising:
Connector shell, this connector shell is arranged to receive terminal and is arranged to and coordinates from the matching connector of front portion assembling,
Lever, this lever has pair of side plates portion and is connected this operating portion to side plate, and described side plate is supported on the wall of both sides of described connector shell rotationally,
Latching portion, this latching portion is set to described operating portion,
Flexible arm portion, this flexible arm portion coordinates the rear end side direction upwards to extend from the upper wall of described connector shell at connector, and this flexible arm portion has the free end extending back, and
Lock bolt acceptance division, this lock bolt acceptance division is arranged on the free end of described arm and is arranged to be latched in described latching portion,
Wherein, described operating portion comprises extension board, when described lever rotates backward from erectility and when described latching portion is latched to described lock bolt acceptance division, this extension board is arranged to the rear end side towards described upper wall, and
Wherein, described extension board is arranged to cover the upper surface of described arm.
2. according to the lever-type connector of claim 1, wherein, described arm arranges in couples, and described paired arm is arranged in parallel at a distance of a compartment of terrain along left and right directions in the rear end side of described upper wall.
3. according to the lever-type connector of claim 1 or 2, wherein, described extension board and described operating portion are arranged to cover to described lock bolt acceptance division from the base portion of described arm.
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